approval for SSDI

[Guest guest]

Hey guys:

My memory is just not what it should be and I was just wondering if anyone had

applied for SSDI in December 2009 had heard anything yet about winning or being

denied? My case specialist has phoned me a few times for updates, but no

decisions yet. I know it can take up to 120 days, just wondering if anyone else

out there had heard. If it takes longer to hear, do you get a better outcome or

if it takes shorter time to hear, do you get a better outcome?

Thanks for any input. Just antsy as I still haven't heard from my private LTD

and have been out of work since September.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You should feel fortunate, my case worker hasn't even called me yet and I

applied in December. I haven't received any documents or notification on my SSD

either.

approval for SSDI

Hey guys:

My memory is just not what it should be and I was just wondering if anyone had

applied for SSDI in December 2009 had heard anything yet about winning or being

denied? My case specialist has phoned me a few times for updates, but no

decisions yet. I know it can take up to 120 days, just wondering if anyone else

out there had heard. If it takes longer to hear, do you get a better outcome or

if it takes shorter time to hear, do you get a better outcome?

Thanks for any input. Just antsy as I still haven't heard from my private LTD

and have been out of work since September.

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Sorry to hear your case manager hasn't contacted you at all. I am not sure if it

means anything or not. I am sure you are needing to get help financially as many

of us are and I was curious if anyone had been approved lately. Hope you hear

something some.

[Guest guest]

Mine took a year to approve.....

 ~Keilia~

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gives you courage. " - Lao Tzu

________________________________

To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 1:49:55 PM

Subject: approval for SSDI

 

Hey guys:

My memory is just not what it should be and I was just wondering if anyone had

applied for SSDI in December 2009 had heard anything yet about winning or being

denied? My case specialist has phoned me a few times for updates, but no

decisions yet. I know it can take up to 120 days, just wondering if anyone else

out there had heard. If it takes longer to hear, do you get a better outcome or

if it takes shorter time to hear, do you get a better outcome?

Thanks for any input. Just antsy as I still haven't heard from my private LTD

and have been out of work since September.

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

Today was my hearing, was not good...judge was angry at my lawyer and was not

good...from what my lawyer tells me that the expert witness said...he think i

can wort on light duty for six hour with brakes of fifteen minus....WHAT A

JOKE...BUT I stills have to wait 30 to 90 days for the decision on the

judge.  

my lawyer thinks he was angry at him and his taking it on ME... If he don't rule

on my favor hi's goint to appeal it

What a system whee

have...sufer...sufer...sufer..................................................

________________________________

To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 6:44:03 PM

Subject: Re: approval for SSDI

 

Hi :

Sorry to hear your case manager hasn't contacted you at all. I am not sure if it

means anything or not. I am sure you are needing to get help financially as many

of us are and I was curious if anyone had been approved lately. Hope you hear

something some.

[Guest guest]

I applied in september after i hadnt worked since feb they approved me by

december. One thing to remember when applying is to list everything that is

wrong with you... fibromyalgia, IBS.... i listed it all....

>

> Hey guys:

> My memory is just not what it should be and I was just wondering if anyone had

applied for SSDI in December 2009 had heard anything yet about winning or being

denied? My case specialist has phoned me a few times for updates, but no

decisions yet. I know it can take up to 120 days, just wondering if anyone else

out there had heard. If it takes longer to hear, do you get a better outcome or

if it takes shorter time to hear, do you get a better outcome?

>

> Thanks for any input. Just antsy as I still haven't heard from my private LTD

and have been out of work since September.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

My last time I got back my benefits my case went the same way. My lawyer had not

gotten my records or done anything and the Judge yelled at him in front of

everyone. It turned out to be in my favor after all. My hopes are that yours

will be the same.

Re: Re: approval for SSDI

Hello everyone,

Today was my hearing, was not good...judge was angry at my lawyer and was not

good...

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[Guest guest]

Why was the Judge angry with your lawyer? It might make you feel better to know

that OFTEN the Judges' rulings are pretty arbitrary. I know someone who got a

denial because she had LONG artistically painted fingernails!! The Judge said

that obviously if she had time to have her nails done like that then she could

work. Obviously? All these years later I still think of Yolanda's SSDI-refusal

inducing nails when I get my own done. My point is that this is NOT a fair

trial by any means; it is a kangaroo court where unless your illness is patently

obvious (you have terminal cancer or are on dialysis) the Judge will rule

against you. It doesn't matter what your witness says. These Judges are NOT

trained in medicine and if the earlier SSDI employees reading your info didn't

find you clearly unable to work, why would these Judges? Remember, these Judges

(like the SSDI doctors) are the worst of their profession. No good Judge would

take on this assignment, day after day, listening to people tell their sob

stories like a never-ending " Queen For a Day " show. (I really date myself with

that reference. [g] For those who don't know the show, it aired in the '50s and

'60. Contestants told the audience about how awful their lives were: homes

wrecked by hurricanes, spouses or children with cancer, etc. The person with

the saddest story got to be " Queen for a Day " . Personally, I think the majority

of us on this list would have WON. [g])

In other words, the deck was totally stacked against you so don't worry too much

about your lawyer not getting on with your Judge. It probably would not have

made any difference unless you had very clearcut reasons for not being able to

work. It comes down to a pretty simple thing: these Judges and SSDI employees

do not and cannot measure your pain or your fatigue. It may be perfectly clear

that you can't work, but unless you have objective evidence, i.e., lab reports,

x-rays, EEGs that show serious damage, you are not going to be granted SSDI at

this level.

What does happen is if you appeal AGAIN, yes, again, tiresome isn't it? Then

your info gets kicked over to someone who DOES have a medical background and is

better able to determine if you can work. But even these people have to have

some OBJECTIVE evidence. So make sure that you have REPORTS DETAILING your

OBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS. That's what they are looking for. Most of us have lengthy

medical charts. Do not leave it up to the SSDI people to cull out the pertinent

bits from your charts. It is VERY important that you have EACH of your doctors

WRITE A REPORT, not just a " can't work " note. You may have to pay your doc for

this, BTW. And it helps to GIVE THE DOCTOR A LIST OF YOUR PROBLEMS. Yes, he or

she should know these things, but docs have lots of patients and it makes it

easier or more likely to be accurate if you give the information you want

included on their letter in a note from you.

Best of luck with this.

[Guest guest]

Thank you and i hope god heard you...

I'm going crazy yes thinking what's going to happen to me...no money..no

insurance.. and if i have to appeal again how long will it takes..

thank you ...

hope your right

ED

________________________________

To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Wed, March 3, 2010 1:39:13 AM

Subject: Re: Re: approval for SSDI

 

Dear ,

My last time I got back my benefits my case went the same way. My lawyer had not

gotten my records or done anything and the Judge yelled at him in front of

everyone. It turned out to be in my favor after all. My hopes are that yours

will be the same.

Re: Re: approval for SSDI

Hello everyone,

Today was my hearing, was not good...judge was angry at my lawyer and was not

good...

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[Guest guest]

Thank you

The judge was angry because there was a translator there for my case and my

lawyer neither the court ask for it and my lawyer didn't said ... anything about

me speaking english and when I when to said that i speak english... my lawyer

waive at me no to said anything, after 5 minutes the judge was asking about my

education and ask me if a graduated from high school... and if i speak

English... i answer him yes... then his face got red and ASK MY LAWYER WHY THE

INTERPRETER WAS THERE... my lawyer didn't respond to it.. so i told him maybe is

for my wife that she doesn't speak to much english.... O MY GOD.... he when off

on the lawyer.... that he was waisting the courts time.....bla..bla...bla...

that when he was going to tell the court about me speaking english... that he

was deceiving the court... that he was  unprofessional... I was embarrass... so

after that the judge ask me some questions and then my lawyer ask most of the

question, the judge never

ask me another questions after that, and then was the expert witness... and the

hearing was done, it last like 40 minutes... so i have no idea how the hearing

went.

There is some tine that he said at the beginning that have me thinking... in

2008 i claim around $13,100 from insurance disability and the judge was concern

about that, because hi think it was a job earning, i told him I received a W99

from my employer for my long term disability insurance. he said that disability

money is not an income, and he told my lawyer to show him the proof, so i don't

know why he was concern if he is not ruling on my favor.

O well, let's see what happen

Thank

ED

________________________________

To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Wed, March 3, 2010 1:14:29 PM

Subject: Re: approval for SSDI

 

Why was the Judge angry with your lawyer? It might make you feel better to know

that OFTEN the Judges' rulings are pretty arbitrary. I know someone who got a

denial because she had LONG artistically painted fingernails! ! The Judge said

that obviously if she had time to have her nails done like that then she could

work. Obviously? All these years later I still think of Yolanda's SSDI-refusal

inducing nails when I get my own done. My point is that this is NOT a fair trial

by any means; it is a kangaroo court where unless your illness is patently

obvious (you have terminal cancer or are on dialysis) the Judge will rule

against you. It doesn't matter what your witness says. These Judges are NOT

trained in medicine and if the earlier SSDI employees reading your info didn't

find you clearly unable to work, why would these Judges? Remember, these Judges

(like the SSDI doctors) are the worst of their profession. No good Judge would

take on this assignment, day

after day, listening to people tell their sob stories like a never-ending

" Queen For a Day " show. (I really date myself with that reference. [g] For those

who don't know the show, it aired in the '50s and '60. Contestants told the

audience about how awful their lives were: homes wrecked by hurricanes, spouses

or children with cancer, etc. The person with the saddest story got to be " Queen

for a Day " . Personally, I think the majority of us on this list would have WON.

[g])

In other words, the deck was totally stacked against you so don't worry too much

about your lawyer not getting on with your Judge. It probably would not have

made any difference unless you had very clearcut reasons for not being able to

work. It comes down to a pretty simple thing: these Judges and SSDI employees do

not and cannot measure your pain or your fatigue. It may be perfectly clear that

you can't work, but unless you have objective evidence, i.e., lab reports,

x-rays, EEGs that show serious damage, you are not going to be granted SSDI at

this level.

What does happen is if you appeal AGAIN, yes, again, tiresome isn't it? Then

your info gets kicked over to someone who DOES have a medical background and is

better able to determine if you can work. But even these people have to have

some OBJECTIVE evidence. So make sure that you have REPORTS DETAILING your

OBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS. That's what they are looking for. Most of us have lengthy

medical charts. Do not leave it up to the SSDI people to cull out the pertinent

bits from your charts. It is VERY important that you have EACH of your doctors

WRITE A REPORT, not just a " can't work " note. You may have to pay your doc for

this, BTW. And it helps to GIVE THE DOCTOR A LIST OF YOUR PROBLEMS. Yes, he or

she should know these things, but docs have lots of patients and it makes it

easier or more likely to be accurate if you give the information you want

included on their letter in a note from you.

Best of luck with this.

[Guest guest]

Man o man dose any one by the time they get to the judge not have some thing

happen that gets them made as all get out? In my case it was nothing to do with

SSDI but the fact my now ex wife had me servied devorce papers less then 5

miniutes before the hearing! the judge was mad as a hornet same with my lawyer.

The judge had me go into his chambers with him to even talk about it and to see

if I wanted a postpone the hearing .I said no and he told me I was a better man

then him because he could not still have his soon to be ex wife there after

that  I told him she is to in love with money and me getting SSDI means money

for her so she will not try to screw me just for that fact. in the end she did

just as I said she would every thing she said was about money and not me . the

judge even made a coment about it at the end. but I still remember his face and

the lawyers I have never seen any one so angry like that in  my life! fact he

was treating to charge

her with some kind of contempt or some thing like that for trying to interfear

with a court hearing . well like the dumby I am I am the one that talked him out

of it one of the many thing and times inmy life I did the wrong thing at the

wrong time LOL.

hugs all 

the redneck

Marty G.

To learn about Stills Disease http://www.stillsdisease.org/stills_info

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.---

C.S.

[Guest guest]

Ed

 the longer it takes the sweeter it is when you do get them or is that the

letting out a breath of relief is greater o well you I am sure know what I mean.

the money is so little yet our very lives depend on it for survival. but then

once you have it I bet you will pay a lot closer attion to politics also as what

they do today will shaft us next year hard

hugs all

 

the redneck

Marty G.

To learn about Stills Disease http://www.stillsdisease.org/stills_info

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.---

C.S.

[Guest guest]

First, I'm not an accountant. But I did speak to my tax CPA yesterday on this

subject. I think I can clear up the Long Term Disability as income question.

According to my tax accountant, payments from a long term disability policy

where you PAID for the policy yourself are NOT taxable. LTD policies paid for

by your employeer contribution by you ARE taxable.

If you can't remember which kind of policy you have, look on your W-2 form

issued to you last month for tax purposes. That will tell you if any of the

money is taxable.

SSDI IS taxable if you and your spouse make more than a certain (low) amount in

combination. Usually if you are unmarried and don't work and live off your

SSDI, you will not be taxed on it. And since SSDI pays no taxes all year long,

you get stung at tax time for the entire taxable amount. So keep this in mind

during the year and put aside money for tax time.

[Guest guest]

My LTD company had a 3rd party administrator that filed for me in March and I

was awarded in October. It was an absolute blessing. The TPA was Allsup - very

easy to work with and have a very high award rate.

Be aware if you have LTD that they will likely take most/all of any retro award

you receive. Many people don't know that and are put in a bind when they have

to repay that money.

Good luck with the SSDI. Keep us posted.

Hugs,

> >

> > Hey guys:

> > My memory is just not what it should be and I was just wondering if anyone

had applied for SSDI in December 2009 had heard anything yet about winning or

being denied? My case specialist has phoned me a few times for updates, but no

decisions yet. I know it can take up to 120 days, just wondering if anyone else

out there had heard. If it takes longer to hear, do you get a better outcome or

if it takes shorter time to hear, do you get a better outcome?

> >

> > Thanks for any input. Just antsy as I still haven't heard from my private

LTD and have been out of work since September.

> >

> >

> >

>